Efficient high performance liquid chromatograph/ultraviolet method for determination of diclofenac and 4′-hydroxydiclofenac in rat serum

Autor: Mary Treinen-Moslen, Mary F. Kanz, Lata Kaphalia, Bhupendra S. Kaphalia, Santosh Kumar
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Journal of Chromatography B. 830:231-237
ISSN: 1570-0232
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2005.10.045
Popis: A rapid and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method was developed for determination of diclofenac and its major metabolite, 4'-hydroxydiclofenac, in serum from rats treated with diclofenac. The method is simple with a one-step extraction procedure, isocratic HPLC separation, and UV detection at 280 nm. Use of N-phenylanthranilic acid as the internal standard provided good accuracy without interference by endogenous compounds or 5-hydroxydiclofenac, another metabolite of interest. Limits of detection for diclofenac and 4'-hydroxydiclofenac were 0.0225 and 0.0112 microg/ml, respectively. Average extraction efficiencies of diclofenac, 4'-hydroxydiclofenac, and the internal standard were >/=76%. The method was applied to serum collected at 3h after rats were treated with an experimentally useful dosage range of 3, 10 and 50mg/kg diclofenac. Recovery (as a percentage of dose) for the 4'-hydroxy metabolite in serum was found to consistently average from 0.10 to 0.12% following each dosage, whereas recovery of diclofenac in serum declined from 0.45 to 0.37%. Thus, the method is suitable for measurement of a major diclofenac metabolite in experimental studies.
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